apart from muster we also had wintersun on up here in Qld kind of a rock n roll automobile revival thing... old dudes dressed like elvis in american cars... more oil sold for dwindling hairsupply than for V8's...hotrods everywere....
Anyways i spotted a mint condition, but broken down Nash Metropolitan on the side of the highway and thought gee that makes the rubbish on the side of the road look ugly LOL...
But then thought about its close ties with the mini and wondered if many new the Nash/rambler association with the mighty mIni...
Im not going to blab the story.. but its interesting.

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I see people like that dressing up for shows every now and then.......I reckon that would be fun

Got to get ya kicks somehow when you get old ey?!?!?

I went to Winter Sun last year, and there was a few minis down there on display.

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"Life is not like a box of chocolates... it's more like a jar of jalapenos. Whatever you do today, may burn your arse tomorrow."

think cars have to be pre 74??

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to be able to slick back the hair?

Damn...JAM is a 76.... I miss out....

hey zizzle its a wonder they let you near wintersun.. theyd be scared youd need the coasts entire hair grease colection to look like elvis...

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heres the LOVELY metro for your viewing displeasure...

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They go close to outright first place in the ugly car awards don't they.

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Chris

Everything I like is either
illegal, immoral or fattening.

so did anyone know the link between the mini and the turd of doom aka nash metro

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no - I didn't know the link but it was not hard to find......

Austin's Final Chapter (Austin in Disguise?)

In 1951 the American Nash company had started design work on a small 2 seater called the NX1 they intended to add to their line. The design originally called for the mechanical systems to be provided by Fiat. But soon after Nash president George Mason was introduced to Len Lord, president of Austin by Donald Healey (helped to create the Nash-Healey sports car) an agreement was reached for the Austin Motorcar Company to produce the "Nash" Metropolitian. As a result of the agreement, Nash would hold exclusive marketing rights for the Metro.

reference: http://www.oldmotors.com/ftr-austin.htm

yep and both produced in the same factory in longbridge early nash metro had an A40 austin motor.
if every family has a wierdo relative, then the nash is the minis wierdo

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